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<text id=94CT0807><title>Latvia—People</title>
<article><source>CIA Factbook</source>
<hdr>The World Factbook 1994: Latvia<nl>People</hdr><body>
<list>
<item><hi format=bold>Population:</hi> 2,749,211 (July 1994 est.)
<item><hi format=bold>Population growth rate:</hi> 0.5% (1994 est.)
<item><hi format=bold>Birth rate:</hi> 13.84 births/1,000 population (1994 est.)
<item><hi format=bold>Death rate:</hi> 12.61 deaths/1,000 population (1994 est.)
<item><hi format=bold>Net migration rate:</hi> 3.74 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1994 est.)
<item><hi format=bold>Infant mortality rate:</hi> 21.5 deaths/1,000 live births (1994 est.)
<item><hi format=bold>Life expectancy at birth:</hi>
<list style=hang>
<item>• <hi format=ital>total population:</hi> 69.44 years
<item>• <hi format=ital>male:</hi> 64.37 years
<item>• <hi format=ital>female:</hi> 74.75 years (1994 est.)
</list>
<item><hi format=bold>Total fertility rate:</hi> 1.98 children born/woman (1994 est.)
<item><hi format=bold>Nationality:</hi>
<list style=hang>
<item>• <hi format=ital>noun:</hi> Latvian(s)
<item>• <hi format=ital>adjective:</hi> Latvian
</list>
<item><hi format=bold>Ethnic divisions:</hi> Latvian 51.8%, Russian 33.8%, Byelorussian 4.5%, Ukrainian 3.4%, Polish 2.3%, other 4.2%
<item><hi format=bold>Religions:</hi> Lutheran, Roman Catholic, Russian Orthodox
<item><hi format=bold>Languages:</hi> Lettish (official), Lithuanian, Russian, other
<item><hi format=bold>Literacy:</hi> age 9-49 can read and write (1970)
<list style=hang>
<item>• <hi format=ital>total population:</hi> 100%
<item>• <hi format=ital>male:</hi> 100%
<item>• <hi format=ital>female:</hi> 100%
</list>
<item><hi format=bold>Labor force:</hi> 1.407 million
<list style=hang>
<item>• <hi format=ital>by occupation:</hi> industry and construction 41%, agriculture and forestry 16%, other 43% (1990)
</list></list></body></article></text>